Neutralizing Power!

"My husband is about to break through again!"

"Then wouldn't that mean we don't have to worry about Master Zheng's guard?"

In the courtyard, Liu Yuniang felt Li Chengfeng's big hand kneading hard at her bottom. Hearing his words, her eyes could not help lighting with a strange brilliance as she spoke.

"Hmph. The guard captain? He's nothing more than a martial artist of the Body Tempering Realm."

Li Chengfeng gave a cold snort. "I have now stepped through the gates of Body Tempering, and my cultivation is advancing by leaps and bounds. When he comes back, how could I be afraid of him?"

"That's wonderful! Husband, you're amazing!"

When Liu Yuniang heard this, joy instantly welled between her brows. Her expression was excited, her eyes full of radiance as she said to him, "In that case, we won't need to move to the mountain village anymore!"

"Naturally, we won't need to go."

Li Chengfeng sneered. "When Zheng Pandao comes back, even if he sends his guard to deal with us, I'll be able to block him."

"As long as I block him and explain clearly how that steward turned black into white and right into wrong, I'm already a martial artist myself, registered and recorded at the yamen. I don't believe Zheng Pandao can tolerate a household slave slandering others!"

"That's wonderful! Husband, you're really amazing!"

Hearing Li Chengfeng's words, Liu Yuniang's eyes immediately burst with radiance. She spoke excitedly, then pursed her lips, her face flushed as she said to Li Chengfeng, "Hurry and eat, husband. In a while, let's wash up properly, and talk about the rest once we're in bed..."

"Hehe, good sister-in-law."

Li Chengfeng's eyes rippled. With a chuckle, he hugged Liu Yuniang by the bottom and kissed her fiercely on the lips, not letting go until Liu Yuniang could hardly bear it anymore. Only then did he reluctantly release her, smiling as they ate together.

After the meal, they finished washing up.

Li Chengfeng carried Liu Yuniang and rolled fiercely onto the bed...

"Slower, slower..."

"..."

Early the next morning.

Li Chengfeng got out of bed refreshed and invigorated. After washing up and having breakfast, he swallowed a Blood-Qi Pill and went to the edge of the bamboo grove to try tempering his bones with Clear Power.

He pondered at the edge of the bamboo grove for a long time and slowly grew more practiced. He began using the long spear as support, shaking his qi and blood as Clear Power circulated with it, slowly tempering the bones throughout his body.

"Rumble..."

Sounds like a tiger's roar and yet like thunder kept rising from within his body as he worked his technique.

After one round like this...

[Taiji Fist proficiency +2]

After cultivating a full set of Taiji Great Spear, a message flashed across the proficiency panel showing an increase in Taiji Fist proficiency, making Li Chengfeng's brows twitch.

"After cultivating Hidden Power, one round of Taiji Great Spear can only increase proficiency by 2 points?"

Li Chengfeng sighed with feeling. He knew that the efficiency of gaining proficiency had dropped, while the total required had increased; the speed of breaking through the proficient level would slow down.

"But that said, my strength has grown even greater!"

With a thought, Li Chengfeng sensed the effects of that round, like Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound. After cultivating, it felt as though the bones throughout his body had received a full SPA massage. His eyes burned bright, and he immediately began circulating his power and cultivating again.

"Splash-rustle~"

As he mobilized Clear Power, he also moved his qi and blood. Under the dual tempering, the sound of Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound continued rising inside his body.

Under this double effect of Clear Power and qi and blood, the form of his bones rapidly approached the healthiest, most perfect state.

Under the effect of Clear Power, his bones seemed to be undergoing an exercise like muscles, constantly being tempered.

And in this process, the qi and blood were absorbed by the bones that needed nourishment during training, making them tougher and tougher.

This continued until noon, when all the qi and blood in his body had been absorbed by his bones.

Li Chengfeng swallowed a Blood-Qi Pill to restore his qi and blood. After waiting for them to recover, he immediately and clearly sensed that the quality of his qi and blood had greatly improved.

And when he mobilized his bones, a brand-new force could be deliberately triggered.

He could not help circulating the power of his bones and striking at a wooden stick with his palm.

"Swish~"

With one palm strike, the wooden stick instantly looked as though it had been attacked by countless densely packed fine needles, a patch of tiny holes appearing on it!

"Hidden Power!"

Li Chengfeng's eyes shone, his heart thumped, and the smile on his face could not be restrained. Only when Liu Yuniang called him back to eat did he rein himself in.

He turned and went to eat his meal in great mouthfuls. Then his brows shifted, and he picked up a flying dagger before a wooden board in the courtyard, flicking his wrist.

"Whoosh~"

The flying dagger immediately shot out and nailed itself firmly into the wooden board.

[Skill: Flying Dagger]

[Level: Not Yet Initiated (1/10)]

Flying Dagger proficiency flashed across the panel. The corners of Li Chengfeng's mouth curved into a smile. Then he flicked flying daggers one after another, and before long, ten flying daggers had been stuck into the wooden board.

[Skill: Flying Dagger]

[Level: Beginner (1/100)]

[Effect: Precision +10%]

"Such a high proficiency requirement? Is it because it's simple, so the proficiency requirement is high?"

Li Chengfeng looked at the information for the Flying Dagger skill, somewhat surprised. Then he shook his head and settled his mind to cultivate.

"Swish, swish, swish~"

One flying dagger after another bored through the air. In just half an hour, the information before Li Chengfeng's eyes changed again.

[Skill: Flying Dagger]

[Level: Proficient (1/1000)]

[Effect: Precision +20%; Power +10%]

The information flashed over the flying dagger. Li Chengfeng nodded in satisfaction, then put the daggers away. Feeling his blood and qi gradually recovering under the effect of the Blood-Qi Pill, he let out a long breath, somewhat emotional.

"After rising to the Hidden Power level, my consumption speed of Blood-Qi Pills is getting faster and faster."

Li Chengfeng sighed inwardly, then put away the flying daggers, turned around, and went back to sleep and rest.

As the most standard hidden weapon and supplementary method, flying daggers were naturally something he had to practice.

Once he trained this craft to a certain level, perhaps it would have an unexpected effect in the future.

As for Archery, it had already reached its current level. Raising it any further would be far too difficult. It would not be too late to pick it back up after he had practiced the Flying Dagger Technique to a certain level first.

"..."

Thus, Li Chengfeng entered a new state of cultivation, and before he knew it, another seven days had passed.

That evening, after Li Chengfeng finished practicing the Taiji Great Spear one final time, he swallowed another Blood-Qi Pill. Once his blood and qi had recovered, he gathered all the blood and qi in his body into his right arm and found that his blood and qi had already completely covered his entire right arm, from shoulder to fingers.

He immediately nodded in great satisfaction, then threw himself once more into Hidden Power cultivation and the tempering of his bones, only to discover that the tempering effect had actually increased quite a bit.

He instantly understood in his heart that what Zhao Lie had said—tempering the physique again after reaching this step—did indeed make sense.

However, he did not think too much about it. Now that he had the Hidden Power method, tempering his physique did not require him to follow their experience completely. He only needed to follow his own path.

Like this, time hurried by, and in the blink of an eye, one month and twenty-eight days passed.

"..."

July twenty-ninth, noon.

Panting, Li Chengfeng practiced the Taiji Great Spear once more. In an instant, insights like a rising tide surged up from within his heart. His eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression turned intoxicated.

Before long, after digesting this surge of insight, Li Chengfeng gained another inconceivable understanding of Taiji Fist.

He could not help but look toward the panel, his eyes blazing brightly.

[Skill: Taiji Fist]

[Level: Minor Achievement (0/12400)]

[Effect: Whole-Body Power; Clear Power; Hidden Power; Neutralizing Power (inner power tempers the viscera; not even a feather can fall upon you, nor can flies and insects touch your body; step on water and sink only to the knees; power becomes rounded and harmonious)]